The leaves are fried with garlic, dried or fresh prawns and green chili or cooked with fish.

Try the vegetarian samosas, fresh prawns cooked with ginger or the homemade paneer in tomato and onion curry.

The outdoor buffet at lunch offered a tempting array of fresh seafood, including the freshest and largest prawns I've ever eaten.

I bought a very fresh prawn and avocado salad at one of the tiny stalls under the bridge at Circular Quay for $5.

She tossed fresh prawns into the wok, flicking him a disappointed glance.

A three-course dinner - I enjoyed the fresh prawns with lots of garlic - with two glasses of wine runs about $35 to $40.

Overlooking the Indian Ocean, it serves the best seafood in town - fresh prawns, langoustines, crayfish, and line fish.

At a recent lunch an arresting starter was sweet fresh blue prawns cooked with tarragon-scented white beans and a touch of tomato ($8 lunch; $8.50 dinner).

But a day on the beach knocking back cold beer, fresh prawns and oysters soon put our malaise to rest.

Schneekarhütte (£££ 5285 64940) is renowned for its fresh prawns and salmon steaks.